Species Gomenella dryandrae (Takahashi, 1950)

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• Dialeurodes dryandrae Takahashi, R. 1950. Four new species of Aleyrodidae (Homoptera) from Australia, India and Borneo. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 23: 85-88 [85].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH puparium slide, WA, Perth, Nedlands.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Martin, Jon 1999. The Whitefly Fauna of Australia (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae). A taxonomic account and identification guide. Technical Paper No. 38. Canberra : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 38 pp. 1-197. [81].

  Type host:

   Dryandra floribunda R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Dryandra formosa R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Banksia sessilis (Knight) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele [PROTEACEAE] Parrot Bush; Banksia hookeriana Meisn. [PROTEACEAE]; Banksia spinulosa Sm. [PROTEACEAE]; Litsea dealbata (R.Br.) Steud. [LAURACEAE] Marragiddie).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Dryandra formosa R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Banksia sessilis (Knight) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele [PROTEACEAE] Parrot Bush; Banksia hookeriana Meisn. [PROTEACEAE]; Banksia spinulosa Sm. [PROTEACEAE]).

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